Leadership

Here at Democracy in Africa we are delighted to be launching one of our Special Issues, this time looking at the question...

As Benin prepares to mark the six-month anniversary of President Patrice Talon’s re-election, international observers have largely turned their attention to the...

As the world eagerly anticipates Africa’s biggest election in 2023, policy capture, process manipulation, and geo-politics are defining the electoral framework reform...

The Gambia is approaching presidential elections on 4 December 2021. This will be the first vote since the electoral defeat of former...

Since establishing diplomatic relations on 10 February 1971, Nigeria’s relationship with China has developed into one of the most important bilateral relationships maintained...

Coups are not a new phenomena in sub-Saharan Africa, and have shaped how people think about the continent for decades. Chinua Achebe’s...

South African democracy is limited not because its governing elite has changed too much but because it has been unwilling or unable...

Zambia’s presidential election was expected to be a tight two-horse race between President Edgar Lungu and perennial opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema. But...

As part of DiA's popular #BookClub feature, we invited Rebecca Tapscott to discuss her brilliant new book, Arbitrary States, with Gerald Bareebe....

Given the imperial like constitutional powers endowed to the President of Tanzania, it is easy to assume that one person – the...